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1 PACIFIC WORLD Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies Third Series Number 11 Fall 2009 Special Issue Celebrating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Institute of Buddhist Studies

2 Pacific World is an annual journal in English devoted to the dissemination of historical, textual, critical, and interpretive articles on Buddhism generally and Shinshu Buddhism particularly to both academic and lay readerships. The journal is distributed free of charge. Articles for consideration by the Pacific World are welcomed and are to be submitted in English and addressed to the Editor, Pacific World, 2140 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA , USA. Acknowledgment: This annual publication is made possible by the donation of BDK America of Berkeley, California. Guidelines for Authors: Manuscripts (approximately twenty standard pages) should be typed double-spaced with 1-inch margins. Notes are to be endnotes with full bibliographic information in the note first mentioning a work, i.e., no separate bibliography. See The Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition), University of Chicago Press, 16.3 ff. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all quotations and for supplying complete references. Please electronic version in both formatted and plain text, if possible. Manuscripts should be submitted by February 1st. Foreign words should be underlined and marked with proper diacriticals, except for the following: bodhisattva, buddha/buddha, karma, nirvana, samsara, sangha, yoga. Romanized Chinese follows Pinyin system (except in special cases); romanized Japanese, the modified Hepburn system. Japanese/Chinese names are given surname first, omitting honorifics. Ideographs preferably should be restricted to notes. Editorial Committee reserves the right to standardize use of or omit diacriticals. Conventionalized English form of sutra title may be used if initially identified in original or full form in text or note. Editorial Committee reserves the right to edit all submissions. Upon request, page proofs may be reviewed by the author. Include institutional affiliation and position, or present status/occupation and place. All manuscripts submitted for publication become the property of Pacific World. By agreeing to publication in the Pacific World, authors give the journal and the Institute of Buddhist Studies an unlimited license to publish and reprint the essay. This license includes, but is not limited to, any media format (hard copy, electronic, etc.), and international rights. Copyright remains the author s. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Richard K. Payne, Chair David Matsumoto Eisho Nasu Natalie Quli Scott Mitchell Assistant Editor Natalie Quli Book Review Editor Scott Mitchell REVERSE TITLE PAGE iv

3 PACIFIC WORLD Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies Third Series, Number 11 Fall 2009 Contents The Lord of All Virtues Hudaya Kandahjaya 1 Bianhong, Mastermind of Borobudur? Hiram Woodward 25 Theravāda in History Peter Skilling 61 Tsongkhapa on Tantric Exegetical Authority and Methodology David B. Gray 95 Nāgārjuna s Worldview: Relevance for Today Kristin Largen 119 Pattern Recognition and Analysis in the Chinese Buddhist Canon: A Study of Original Enlightenment Lewis Lancaster 141 Basing Our Personhood on the Primal Vow Jundo Gregory Gibbs 183 Shinjin and Social Praxis in Shinran s Thought Takamaro Shigaraki, Trans. David Matsumoto 193 The Metaphor of Ocean in Shinran Takanori Sugioka, Trans. Mark Unno 219 World Macrohistory and Shinran s Literacy Galen Amstutz 229 v

4 The Daoist Facet of Kinpusen and Sugawara no Michizane Worship in the Dōken Shōnin Meidoki: A Translation of the Dōken Shōnin Meidoki Takuya Hino 273 The Taoist Priest (Daoshi) in Comparative Historical Perspective: A Critical Analysis Russell Kirkland 307 Pì xiè jí 闢邪集 : Collected Refutations of Heterodoxy by Ouyi Zhixu ( 蕅益智旭, ) Charles B. Jones 351 Initiation and the Chinese Hevajra-tantra (T. 18, 892) Charles Willemen 409 A Comparison of the Tibetan and Shingon Homas Richard K. Payne 417 BOOK REVIEW Readings of the Lotus Sūtra, eds. Stephen Teiser and Jacqueline Stone Taigen Dan Leighton 451 BDK English Tripiṭaka Series: A Progress Report 459 vi

5 BDK English Tripiṭaka Series: A Progress Report In 2009, we brought forth the publication of The Sutra on the Concentration of Sitting Meditation and Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha s Acts. These were the latest volumes to be published in the BDK English Tripiṭaka Series. The following volumes have thus far been published: The Summary of the Great Vehicle [Taishō 1593] (1992) The Biographical Scripture of King Aśoka [Taishō 2043] (1993) The Lotus Sutra [Taishō 262] (1994) The Sutra on Upāsaka Precepts [Taishō 1488] (1994) The Essentials of the Eight Traditions [extra-canonical] / The Candle of the Latter Dharma [extra-canonical] (1994) The Storehouse of Sundry Valuables [Taishō 203] (1994) A Biography of the Tripiṭaka Master of the Great Ci en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty [Taishō 2053] (1995) The Three Pure Land Sutras [Taishō 360, 365 & 366] (1995) The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition [Taishō 2348] / The Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School [Taishō 2366] (1995) Tannishō: Passages Deploring Deviations of Faith [Taishō 2661] / Rennyo Shōnin Ofumi [Taishō 2668] (1996) The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions [Taishō 2087] (1996) Senchaku Hongan Nembutsu Shū (A Collection of Passages on the Nembutsu Chosen in the Original Vow) [Taishō 2608] (1997) The Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sutra [Taishō 418] / The Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sutra [Taishō 642] (1998) The Blue Cliff Record [Taishō 2003] (1999) 459

6 460 Pacific World Three Chan Classics [Taishō 1985, 2005, & 2010] (1999) Three Texts on Consciousness Only [Taishō 1585, 1586, & 1590] (1999) The Scriptural Text: Verses of the Doctrine, with Parables [Taishō 211] (2000) Buddhist Monastic Traditions of Southern Asia [Taishō 2125] (2000) The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning [Taishō 676] (2000) Kaimokushō or Liberation from Blindness [Taishō 2689] (2000) The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch [Taishō 2008) (2000) A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra [Taishō 1710] (2001) Two Esoteric Sutras [Taishō 865 & 893] (2002) Lives of Great Monks and Nuns [Taishō 2046, 2047, 2049, 1063, & 2085] (2002) Interpretation of the Buddha Land [Taishō 1530] (2002) The Three Pure Land Sutras (Revised Second Edition) [Taishō 360, 365, & 366] (2003) Two Nichiren Texts [Taishō 2688 & 2692] (2003) The Summary of the Great Vehicle (Revised Second Edition) [Taishō 1593] (2003) Kyōgyōshinshō: On Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Enlightenment [Taishō 2646] (2003) Shingon Texts [Taishō 2427, 2428, 2429, 2526, 2415, & 2527] (2003) The Treatise on the Elucidation of the Knowable [Taishō 1645] / The Cycle of the Formation of the Schismatic Doctrines [Taishō 2031] (2004)

7 Pacific World 461 The Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā of the Lion s Roar [Taishō 353] / The Vimalakīrti Sutra [Taishō 475] (2004) Apocryphal Scriptures [Taishō 389, 685, 784, 842, & 2887] (2005) Zen Texts [Taishō 2012-A, 2543, 2580, & 2586] (2005) The Awakening of Faith [Taishō 1666] (2005) The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra [Taishō 848] (2005) The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations [Taishō 2025] (2006) Shōbōgenzō, Volume I [Taishō 2582] (2007) The Lotus Sutra (Revised Second Edition) [Taishō 262] (2007) Shōbōgenzō, Volume II [Taishō 2582] (2008) Shōbōgenzō, Volume III [Taishō 2582] (2008) Shōbōgenzō, Volume IV [Taishō 2582] (2008) The Sutra on the Concentration of Sitting Meditation [Taishō 614] (2009) Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha s Acts [Taishō 192] (2009) These volumes can be purchased at the BCA Buddhist Bookstore in Berkeley, CA or directly from the Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research. The Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research as well as the Editorial Committee of the BDK English Tripiṭaka Project looks forward to continuing to publish volumes of the English Tripiṭaka Series. Through this work we hope to help fulfill the dream of founder Reverend Dr. Yehan Numata to make the teaching of the Buddha available to the English-speaking world. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research 2026 Warring Street, Berkeley, California USA Tel: (510) Fax (510) sales@numatacenter.com

8 The Pacific World Its History Throughout my life, I have sincerely believed that Buddhism is a religion of peace and compassion, a teaching which will bring spiritual tranquillity to the individual, and contribute to the promotion of harmony and peace in society. My efforts to spread the Buddha s teachings began in 1925, while I was a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. This beginning took the form of publishing the Pacific World, on a bi-monthly basis in 1925 and 1926, and then on a monthly basis in 1927 and Articles in the early issues concerned not only Buddhism, but also other cultural subjects such as art, poetry, and education, and then by 1928, the articles became primarily Buddhistic. Included in the mailing list of the early issues were such addressees as the Cabinet members of the U.S. Government, Chambers of Commerce, political leaders, libraries, publishing houses, labor unions, and foreign cultural institutions. After four years, we had to cease publication, primarily due to lack of funds. It was then that I vowed to become independently wealthy so that socially beneficial projects could be undertaken without financial dependence on others. After founding the privately held company, Mitutoyo Corporation, I was able to continue my lifelong commitment to disseminate the teachings of Buddha through various means. As one of the vehicles, the Pacific World was again reactivated, this time in 1982, as the annual journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies. For the opportunity to be able to contribute to the propagation of Buddhism and the betterment of humankind, I am eternally grateful. I also wish to thank the staff of the Institute of Buddhist Studies for helping me to advance my dream to spread the spirit of compassion among the peoples of the world through the publication of the Pacific World. Yehan Numata Founder, Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai In Remembrance In May of 1994, my father, Yehan Numata, aged 97 years, returned to the Pure Land after earnestly serving Buddhism throughout his lifetime. I pay homage to the fact that the Pacific World is again being printed and published, for in my father s youth, it was the passion to which he was wholeheartedly devoted. I, too, share my father s dream of world peace and happiness for all peoples. It is my heartfelt desire that the Pacific World helps to promote spiritual culture throughout all humanity, and that the publication of the Pacific World be continued. Toshihide Numata Chairman, Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai p. 462

BDK ENGLISH TRIPITAKA SERIES: A Progress Report

BDK ENGLISH TRIPITAKA SERIES: A Progress Report In 2002, preparations are well underway for three additional titles to be published as the Ninth Set of the BDK English Tripitaka Series, which will bring